BitGo, Fidelity and Stablecoin issuers Circle, Paxos and Ripple have secured national trust bank licences from the OCC The licences will enable the five firms to offer digital asset issuance, trading, staking, settlement and custody services throughout the United States The licence approvals mark a second change in policy direction at the OCC in the last five years The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) in the United States has approved national trust bank licenc

Blockchain-based cross-border payments technology company Ripple has bought prime broker Hidden Road for US$1.25 billion The Ripple Stablecoin RLUSD will facilitate cross-margining between digital assets and traditional markets for Hidden Road customers Hidden Road will migrate its post-trade activity to the XRP Ledger (XRPL), the Ripple blockchain Ripple, the technology company that uses blockchain to speed up and lower the cost of cross-border payments, has acquired non-ban